She had already adjusted her mood, and her current pitiful look was just an act, just to make her grandfather feel sorry for her and agree with what she was going to say.

But when he saw his grandfather's dignified and imposing look, and saw his grandfather standing in front of him in good health, Shen Nanxing's tears fell like water from a floodgate, and in an instant his face was covered with tears.

"grandfather......"

The girl's eyes were so red that she burst into tears after just shouting these two words. She couldn't say anything else and just kept sobbing.

It feels like I have suffered a great injustice.

The old man immediately panicked, his heart aching. He walked down the stairs and came to the girl: "Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you? Why are you crying so hard?"

Shen Nanxing hugged the old man tightly and buried his head in his arms. His shoulders kept shaking, and the old man's chest was soon wet.

She could no longer hold back her grandfather's warmth, completely disregarding her image as she burst into tears like a child.

Since her rebirth, she dared not even think about that scene in her previous life.

Whenever she thought of that scene, she felt cold all over and even breathing became extremely difficult.

That was the fifth day she had been hung on the city wall. She was whipped every day and there was no good flesh on her body. Her lips were bitten by herself and were very dry due to long-term lack of water.

The people of Donglai thought she was Prince Jing's sweetheart, so they beat her in public every day, hoping to force Prince Jing to show up so that they could capture him.

Her mood at that time was extremely complicated. She worried every day that he would rush in rashly and fall into the trap set by the Donglai people, but she also hoped every day that he would come to save her.

The news of her capture had already been deliberately spread by the people of Donglai. He should have received the news a long time ago. He always said that he loved her as much as his life, so how could he not come to save her?

So she held on to her last breath, wanting to see him one last time.

Later, when she could no longer hold on, she heard the sound of soldiers fighting.

She thought it was him, but when she forced herself to open her eyes and look over, she saw that it was her grandfather with a small group of about a few hundred people rushing over.

My grandfather has aged a lot.

In front of the tens of thousands of troops of Donglai State and their countless sophisticated weapons, those mere hundreds of people were not enough.

Besides, these hundreds of people were not regular soldiers at all. Among them were Chun Xing, who had no martial arts skills, Zhang Bo, who was only good at calculating with a pen, servants from the Nanyang Marquis's mansion, and neighbors who had received favors from my grandfather...

She watched helplessly as these people clumsily rushed into the large army of Donglai Kingdom with swords in their hands. The Donglai people's swords cut their heads like melons, and one head rolled off, and one was trampled to death by the horses' hooves, but they still rushed towards her desperately.

She desperately shouted at them to go back and not come over!

But because her body was already at the end of its strength and extremely weak, even if she exhausted all her strength, the sound she made was like a mosquito or fly in the already noisy battlefield.

This group of people were completely wiped out...

The elderly grandfather fought to the last moment, was pierced by thousands of arrows, and fell just a few steps away from her.

Until the last moment of his life, he was still looking in her direction and saying something.

Because they were not far away, although she did not hear the sound, she recognized what her grandfather said from the shape of his mouth.

"Jiaojiao, I'm sorry."

He was still apologizing to her until his death, feeling guilty for not being able to save her!

Then his body was trampled by thousands of people.

Her eyes turned blood red, and she finally spat out her last mouthful of blood, dying with hatred...

"Grandpa, Grandpa, wow!"

Shen Nanxing cried so hard in the old man's arms that she almost fainted.

Mr. Shen's eyes also turned red, he clenched his fists tightly, his face livid: "Jiaojiao, tell me, was it that bastard Xie Tingyu who bullied you?"

"I'm going to chop him up right now!"

The old man was breathing rapidly and his face was red, obviously he was very angry.

Shen Nanxing shook his head, then nodded after a while.

She hiccuped and looked up at the old man with tears in her eyes, her expression showing great aggrievedness.

"Grandfather, Xie Tingyu, he has someone else..."

......

When Xie Tingyu rushed to the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, he only saw the old butler.

He was very polite: "Uncle Zhang, have you seen Nanxing come back?"

Uncle Zhang watched Shen Nanxing grow up, and everyone in the Nanyang Marquis' Mansion respected him very much. Xie Tingyu would naturally not put on airs in front of him and was very polite.

But he never expected that the old housekeeper was completely unlike his usual enthusiasm. He didn't even look at him, but only focused on the account book in front of him, writing and drawing with his hands. He just replied casually: "My young lady has entered the palace with the old marquis. If Prince Jing wants to see my young lady, please go to the palace."

Xie Tingyu's face was extremely grim. "Uncle Zhang, the king and Nanxing were married yesterday. You should call her the princess."

Unexpectedly, Uncle Zhang snorted coldly, turned around and went into the mansion without paying any attention to him.

Xie Tingyu held his breath but didn't dare to lash out. After all, he was indeed in the wrong today, so he had no choice but to leave and hurried to the palace.

In order to save time, he didn't even take the carriage. He untied the reins and rode his horse to the palace, but he was still a step too late.

The guards guarding the palace gate told me that the old marquis had already entered the palace with his granddaughter in a sedan chair.

Lord Shen, who had saved the late emperor in his youth, suffered from an old illness and was granted special permission by the late emperor to ride in a sedan chair into the palace. This was a unique privilege among court officials.

Xie Tingyu's face was extremely dark. He blamed Nanxing for being ignorant, and at the same time he regretted that he had wasted time in the morning just to satisfy his sexual desire.

There was nothing he could do now, so he had to rush to court.

-

In the court, Lord Shen, who had not spoken for a long time, came out first with a tablet in his hand.

"This old minister wants to make a report to Prince Jing."

"When Prince Jing asked to marry my granddaughter Shen Nanxing, he promised that he would not take a concubine unless she remained childless for three years. But last night on their wedding night, Prince Jing abandoned my granddaughter alone in her empty room and went to sleep elsewhere."

"My granddaughter, Shen Nanxing, is the legitimate daughter of the Nanyang Marquisate and the only descendant of my family. This time, she has been insulted by Prince Jing, which is actually a disgrace to the Nanyang Marquisate. Your Majesty, please help me, your granddaughter, and give my family an explanation!"

After saying that, he actually knelt down tremblingly.

Upon seeing this, the emperor, who was sitting at the head of the table, stood up, his face sullen. "How could this happen! My dear minister, please stand up. I will definitely give you an explanation."

"Prince Jing, what do you have to say?"

Xie Tingyu hurried out, his heart pounding like a drum. "Father, this is absolutely not the case! I had urgent matters to attend to last night, and I definitely didn't mean to ignore the princess."

"Please allow this son to explain this matter to the old marquis in private."

Old Marquis Shen snorted coldly: "Prince Jing, do you dare to say this in front of this old minister's granddaughter?"

Then he bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, my granddaughter Shen Nanxing is waiting outside the palace. Could you please ask her to come to the palace and confront Prince Jing face to face?"

Xie Tingyu raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, walked to the side of Old Marquis Shen, and whispered: "Grandfather, there is a misunderstanding about this matter. Can we go home and talk about it?"

But Lord Shen didn't even look at him, he just looked directly at the emperor: "Please grant your permission, Your Majesty."

The emperor's gaze swept between the two of them and he waved his hand: "Alright!"

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